Antiwork

I recently quit my job due to back issues because it was too straiuous. I've been looking around and a lot of the better paying jobs are pretty damn far from me and almost all physical labor. What are other ways to make money without actually getting a job?

June/July many companies are going to start requiring workers back into the office and they expect at LEAST a 10% attrition rate. They need this, because credit conditions have deteriorated and layoffs bring bad press and severance costs. So return to office should be viewed as a soft mass-layoff event. Companies realize this is incredibly short sighted, the employees to leave are the most desirable ones with the best options, but those that stay can be easily cowed into accepting smaller cost of living increases and there is an upcoming cash crunch NOW. Many realized they over highered and are looking to reduce variable costs, ie labor. You are a free agent in your career. If your team makes bad choices, they are going to negatively impact you your entire life. So keep your resume up to date, network before it gets desperate and save up money so you can…

So I used to work this hellish Hollywood job with lots of OT (last minute, literally five mins before you want to clock out they keep you another two hours. People lie about taking a dinner break so they could get home faster). Pay eventually got to a living wage and almost a thriving wage, but the hours and inability to pursue a social life or hobbies was killing me. So I switched careers. New place seems nice and is a normal 9-6 with an unpaid lunch break. But the base pay, plus the lack of OT, is a SEVERE budget cut and I'm now just under a true living wage again. It's so freaking disheartening to have such a setback later in life. I can get by on this alone if I'm careful, but I want a family, kids… and I can't even financially support a dog. Advice? Help?…

Hello all, I'm not part of the anti-work movement, but I wanted to understand it better (this is not intended as the start of a debate). Would a few people mind sharing their thoughts? I understand the anti-work position on work as: people should have their basic needs provided for, and should work only to receive additional luxuries beyond that. In other words, you have a house provided for you, regardless of whether you work or not, and the incentive to work is to potentially get a bigger, fancier house. Is this a fair summary? In an anti-work world, would people need to become more self-sufficient? When I owned a home, I paid other people to fix things I didn't know how to fix; now that I'm renting again, my landlord deals with that. In an anti-work world, would I need to learn how to do things like replace windows…

Im a 17 yo teen working as a bartender and im wondering if i should leave this job since i work >8h in a day, 56~60 hours in a week and have a shitty wage of $175 per month. I also dont have day offs even on holidays so i work everyday. The only times i could get days off is when im injured (if it is mild, like a sprain or something alike then i wont get a day off so only heavy ones like bone breakings could give days off) I also dont get the 30min rest after 4.50h of work Edit: there is no contract. Teens dont sign contracts here where i live

I joined this sub about a year and a half ago. At the time it was roughly 250k members, we are now at 2 million. All the signs, statistics and indicators clearly point to one thing: people simply aren’t being paid enough to live. And yes, LIVE not SURVIVE. There’s a key difference here. Why has this sub grown so quickly? COVID and WFH has made people in the millions realise they are spending their lives working miserable, dead end jobs for NOTHING. There is no incentive to work 50/60 hour weeks for minimum wage, which here in the UK by the way is a pitiful £9.50 an hour. “Well then people are lazy and don’t want to work!” scream the boomers and older generations. I’m sorry but a quick google search will tell you that house prices in the UK rose 9.6% this year. The average price is currently…

Just putting this here to rant ! My once understanding boss has become totally toxic towards me. It all started when I mentioned that my scheduled bonus was 2 months late; I sent four emails before approaching her in person about this; no response so I asked in person. Ever since I approached her in person she has called me out in meetings and blamed me for issues that are out of my hand. 3 months ago I submitted a PTO request for next month. No response here either. Then I had to submit FMLA paperwork and a reasonable accommodation request for my disability ( I have seizures so sometimes it is advised I should not drive … I requested to WFH on those days and my job can be done remote) and have not received a response either !!! I feel like I’m being discriminated against but I have…